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Portuguese cheese Italian sausage and pork meatballs. Great recipe for Portuguese cheese Italian sausage and pork meatballs. My daughter loves meatballs and she loves cheese even more so I came up with this recipe😊 she is two years old and enjoyed them very much. I used Portuguese cheese but I am sure any sharp cheese would work great!

Bake up a batch, mix them with your favorite spaghetti dish, and dinner is served! Coat a large saute pan with olive oil, add the chopped onion and bring to a medium-high heat. In a large bowl, mix ground sausage, egg, onion, breadcrumbs, milk, parmesan, and parsley. You can have Portuguese cheese Italian sausage and pork meatballs using 12 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Portuguese cheese Italian sausage and pork meatballs

1. Prepare 1 lb of mild Italian sausage.
2. You need 1 lb of Ground turkey.
3. You need 1/3 cup of onion chopped very small.
4. You need 1 tbsp of garlic cloves.
5. It's 1 tbsp of salt.
6. You need 1/2 tbsp of ground black pepper.
7. Prepare 1 cup of panko bread crumbs.
8. Prepare 1 each of large egg.
9. You need 1 cup of Portuguese Cheese.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of pepper.
11. You need 1/4 cup of milk.
12. It's 1/2 tsp of butter.

In sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté meatballs until browned on the outside and cooked all the way through. Meanwhile, heat marinara sauce in a small pan. The sausage is combined with breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and an egg, similar to basic meatballs.

Portuguese cheese Italian sausage and pork meatballs step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400°. In a small pan heat up butter and brown onions. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl add onions and mix very well so all flavors blend..
2. Place foil around baking sheet, shape meatballs and place on baking sheet ( I usually make mine small so my little one will easily eat them) bake for 30-40 minutes depending on size of meatball..

I also added some sauteed onions and garlic that give a nice, smokey, slightly sweet flavor. I don't usually worry too much about the shape, but I do use a cookie scoop because it makes my life much, much easier. Homemade meatballs are easy when you start with LGCM Italian sausage! In a large bowl soak bread with milk. In the bowl of a food processor, add onions, celery, carrots and garlic and pulse until chopped fine.